Scaling up climate-adaptation in wildfire-prone watersheds requires innovative partnerships and funding. Water utilities are one stakeholder group that could play a role in these efforts. The overarching purpose of this study was to understand water utility engagement in wildfire mitigation...

To control the COVID-19 pandemic, governments worldwide deployed unprecedented policies. Mandatory lockdowns, mobility restrictions, and calls for social distancing and voluntary individual constraints were among the key interventions to reduce exposure risks. The resulting global reductions in...

Forest fire has been a major driving factor of forest degradation and pollution with irreversible impact on ecosystem. Despite its high severity limited studies have been done on spatial-temporal analysis and risk mapping. The study is based on spatial-temporal analysis of Visible Infrared...

This report provides a global assessment and outlook on wildfire risk in the context of climate change. It discusses the drivers behind the growing incidence of extreme wildfires and the attribution effect of climate change. It outlines the environmental, social and economic impacts of wildfires...

Global warming has increased the frequency and intensity of extreme climate change events. We study the impact of a severe climate change event, particularly wildfire smoke, on consumer purchases of sustainable products by combining retail scanner and air quality data. Exploiting the random...

Wildfires exacerbated by climate change are a growing issue in the US. However, the full economic implications of wildfires for the housing market are largely unknown. As a case study, we estimate the effect of changing wildfire risk perceptions on residential home sale prices in California. We...